February 26, 2010

I’m not sure how I found the time because I’m usually so busy in the Fall, but I managed to try a few more people portraits. The first one I worked on was another Kaya picture, using a photograph taken by my daughter-in-law Joanna, as a model. It was strongly backlit but I just tried to draw what I saw. I decided to use pencil because I believed that I had more control using graphite, knowing I could use an eraser….

October 19, 2009

I often spend Sunday afternoons with my knitting, watching old movies, and totally vegging. Yesterday was so-o beautiful that I just had to go out and get some new foliage pictures. My friend, Rebecca Jensen was kind enough to drive me around, patiently stopping for every photo opportunity. Here are just a few of the beautiful sights we saw between B’ville and Oswego.

The canal and Lock 24 have not closed for the season yet but traffic has certainly slowed for the second busiest lock in the New York State Canal System

October 12, 2009

When I was home last summer I tried to photograph all the painted bears because I knew their visit would be short. I think I got all of them except the one(s) on Pleasant St. A few years ago we had Painted Ponies here in Syracuse. What a great idea!!

March 11, 2009

Melinda suggested that I do more work on his face. Actually, so did my friend Jimmy. I’m not sure you can tell how hard I worked to give him more expression. It’s about as far as I can go, though. The paper won’t hold much more color and the painting is in danger of being overworked. I’ll keep trying. I have two new sets of pastels – the Sennelier soft pastels for portraits and a 96-stick box of hard NuPastels. I do want to do a painting of the old Baldwinsville train station with an engine that was actually used here, and I’m sure I’ll keep trying portraits because David has been so encouraging.

December 15, 2008

It’s that time of year again and the Baldwinsville Rotary Club is busy with everything from Spaghetti Dinners to Turkey! Here are a few pictures from the December spaghetti dinner and the Senior Citizens’ Holiday Party: